Police attempt to clarify road rules for overseas visitors
AFTER traffic accident occurrences escalated 20-25% last year Stanthorpe police officer in charge Senior Sergeant Mark Ireland decided to take matters into his own hands.
The seasoned police officer said they identified a large percentage of those occurrences were international drivers.
"From our observations it appeared they had a limited knowledge of our road rules and regulations," he said.
"So I made inquiries through QPS Multi-Cultural Unit to see if there were any brochures or videos we would distribute.
"I identified the problem that we had with international drivers and made inquiries about the brochures through the QPS Multi-Cultural unit in Brisbane," he said.
"There were limited brochures but nothing in the languages we wanted so in conjunction with Queensland Transport we had some fairly comprehensive brochures made up in Korean and Japanese."
Snr Sgt Ireland said since receiving the brochures last week they had already been distributed to employment agencies and accommodation houses.
"The employment agencies have said it is great and they are keen to get them out there," he said.
"In addition to this our officers will also be given some and if dealing with someone who will benefit from one they will hand them out.
"It will be hard to measure their success but I'm sure they will have a positive effect on traffic offences."
